POST AND TELEGRAPH RATES.

No. 12 of 1924.

An Act to amend the Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902–1923.

[Assented to 15th August, 1924.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1924.

(2.) The Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902–1923 is, in this Act, referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902–1924.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall be deemed to have commenced on the first day of July One thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.

Meteorological telegrams.

3. The Second Schedule of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following Part:—

“Part V.—Meteorological Telegrams.

“Meteorological Telegrams transmitted to or from Commonwealth meteorological offices or stations—Free.”